Travelog post for: Knopf

Today was very exciting. We went to a postcrossing meeting on the Christmas market in Essn. postcrossers from different towns in Germay and some from the Netherlands and from Belgium came here.
First we met everybody at the big Christmas tree opposite the main station of Essen. The first part fo the christmas market starts here. BlackCat brought Santa Claus caps for everyone so we would have an easier time finding each other again in the crowds.



We went to the restaurant of Galleria Kaufhof where many postcards were signed and gotten ready to send. Some of the postcrossers were also toyvoyager hosts, so we were 12 toyvoyagers.




When the cards were all ready to go to the postoffice, we walked to explore the Christmas market and came by he old carrion. As it was close to the full hour we waited for a bit. It played a Christmas song and the doors opened for different figures to come forward.



On the Burgplatz (castle place) in front of the minster church there's a big ride every year. For the past few years it's been this ferris wheel. We decided to ride it to get a good look over the city.





Here's the minster church. It was built for a convent where rich ladies (not nuns) lived that actually had a lot of power for women in the middle ages because they owned a lot of land around here. It's well known for the oldest known golden Madonna. It can be seen free of chrage in the church but we couldn't take pictures inside because a choir was singing at the time.